China After The Reform Area

Tracing back the history of China, Xia Dynasty of the second millennium BCE was the earliest dynasty in China, which was centered along the Yellow River. Before China was unified, it was the time during which most of China's cultural tradition arose. Chinese civilization ascended and developed in a vast area, one-third larger than the United States if such dependencies as Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, and Tibet are included. For centuries China was almost completely isolated from the other centers of civilization by mountains, deserts, and seas. This isolation helps explain the great originality of China's culture. China has many mountain ranges and three river systems that rise close together on the high Tibetan plateau and flow eastward to

I"It matters not whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice." Deng Xiaoping

After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China had fallen into a period of civil wars, disruption, and a lack of a strong leadership. It wasn’t until the year 581, when the Sui was formed (Stearns 230). This was the beginning to the postclassical era of China that ran from the year 580 to 1279 C.E.. The Sui were not the only dynasty in China’s postclassical era, it was soon followed by the Golden age dynasties, Tang and Song. These three empires have made major contributions to the changes and development in China’s political, social, and economic grounding. They came to power in a similar action, but how they ran political varied between all three. Socially, they did have different views on many areas, but their economic situations were fairly

The rise in China from a poor, stagnant country to a major economic power within a time span of twenty-eight years is often described by analysts as one of the greatest success stories in these present times. With China receiving an increase in the amount of trade business from many countries around the world, they may soon be a major competitor to surpass the U.S. China became the second largest economy, last year, overtaking Japan which had held that position since 1968 (Gallup). China could become the world’s largest economy in decades.

In Susan Shirk’s book ‘Fragile Superpower’, the author illustrates that the multitude of internal problems that China faces and will continue to face could potentially undermine its peaceful rise. Although the Chinese people have experienced a major upgrade in their living standards in just twenty-five years, the Chinese economic transformation has not been without significant social and environmental costs. As a consequence of its economic transformation, China has developed a number of internal stresses, which have posed existential threats to its national economy and political structure. One of these stresses is a growing shortage of natural resources in China. One significant systemic level cause for the rise in Chinese developmental finance

During the time of the initial 20th century, many foreign nations saw China as weak, militarily and politically. Of these foreign nations, America was one that was prepared to capitalize Chinese resources, turning it into a trading post. Around 1898, a coalition of regular civilians got together in hopes of driving away foreign influence in China. They were thoroughly convinced that foreign presence in China would disassemble their way of life. This group, more like a chinese militia, were named “boxers” as they often used varying martial arts’. Around 1900, the empress Dowager publically endorsed the boxers, and their ideology. She ordered the execution of all foreigners within China, including many American families. This action was infuriating

There were many negative and positive consequences that came with the contact between China and the European powers at the turn of the 20th century. These consequences are evidently seen in the impacts of European technology. China had no to intentions to welcome the arrival of Europeans and attempted to control the entry of foreigners into the Middle Kingdom. The assumed barbaric behaviour came from a group of Portuguese sailors during the sixteenth century that had set Chinese attitudes against Europeans. The Chinese banned these bothersome Europeans from entering the land, referring to them as ‘barbarians from the Western Ocean’. On the other hand European traders continued to seek Chinese goods such as silk, tea and porcelain, the proud Chinese expressed

The other country in question is China. The China is trying to reform the Chinese economy wile holding on to power (Zakaria, 81). Zakaria writes, " ‘The experiment' is the Chinese leaders' attempt to modernize China by opening its economy but holding political change in check" (81). The government knows that the economic changes have the potential of bringing about political changes; the question is whether they will allow it. Zakaria writes, "They know that to introduce capitalism into China requires much more than economic changes, so they have allowed significant reforms of the administrative and legal systems as well" (81). Although Zakaria argues that China must reform its political system, he says a quick transition to a liberal democracy can lead to chaos, because of the large size of the country and the small size of its middle class. Other reasons, and probably more realistic reasons for China's slow progression towards a democratic state is that the leaders want to clasp to its stronghold on the political system.

“The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of Reform” (2016) by Thomas Fingar. He described in his book that the growth of China has generated mixed reaction of elicited envy, admiration, and fear among its neighbors. Although much has been written about this, previous coverage portrays events as determined almost entirely by Beijing. Such accounts minimize or ignore the other side of the equation: namely, what individuals, corporate actors, and governments in other countries do to attract, shape, exploit, or deflect Chinese involvement. The New Great Game analyzes and describes how Chinese policies and priorities affix with the goals and actions of other states in the region. To explore the reciprocal nature of relations

The Chinese Communist Party, founded in 1921 after defeating the nationalist Kuomintang Party, monopolizes power over China. The government uses propaganda to falsely project an image of satisfied, motivated citizens and of a progressive country. Xi Jinping, China’s president, advocates for prosperity, reform, rule of law, and party building; however, China’s government is truly an authoritarian one-party state. Within its borders, expression and basic human rights are suppressed. The government is quick to detain human rights activists and limits access to outside communication. China is misleading when addressing its labor force and economy. So, as modern nations see the shortcomings of communism, China’s people

The figure shows the birth rate between China and USA in 1920 to 2000. Cleary, both rates fluctuated dramatically during this period.

The sheer size of China alone makes it difficult to ignore but China is actively beginning to take on a key role in the world scene with its growing economy, vibrant culture, and rising sense of national pride. China is beginning to take on the role of helping developing nations and it is doing so with “an encouraging push from the Chinese government” (French 2). China has even become “Africa’s largest trading partner” because of the vast migration of Chinese people all across Africa. This migration of people to Africa not only benefits the Chinese, but many African countries are

If you input “China’s GDP” by using a Google search, the first result jumps into your eyes should be a chart presented by World Bank, which indicates how dramatically the economy has grown in China from 0.10 trillion dollars in the year 1960 to 5.93 trillion in 2010. As Professor Stephen S. Roach wrote in his article ‘10 reasons why China is different’, China’s economy has made a break-through indeed due to its tremendous changes and unremitting efforts among: “strategy, commitment, wherewithal to deliver, saving, rural-urban migration, consumption, services, foreign direct investment, education and innovation. ”（Stephen S. Roach ，10 reasons why china is different ）So many cases illustrated how China’s

This essay will focus in on and look at contemporary China’s social stratification and social class make up and structure during the post reform era, (post 1978) and what affects it has on today’s social make up. It will outline the different class’s that make up contemporary China’s social structure and give a detailed outlook and perspective on each class, and show what change they have undergone since the opening of China’s economy in the late 1970’s and introduction to a market based economy. The greatest outcome will

Choosing spouse is one kind of important psychological, social cultural phenomena, as a member of the society, the standard of choosing a mate will reflects the direction of the whole social culture. In the old People’s Republic of China (PRC) society, which is before the great reform and opening (before 1970’s), Chinese think marriage is not a personal thing, to chose who will be the one to spend the life with is not completely depends on the favors and wills from both two parties, but more to the restriction of the family and social culture. Hence, the standard and concept of choosing spouse is inevitably restricted by certain social and historical culture. The different standards and concepts of choosing mates after New China till today are a reflection of how social culture had a revolutionary change, and how Chinese women have gained their respects from society.